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Feb102024
Middle Level Then And Now August 1984 With John Revell Part 2
Part 2 of John Revells Middle Level narrowboating adventure. John makes the Salters Lode crossing at low water. He navigates the fourty foot river, river cam, sixteen foot and hundred foot New Bedford. He compares the then in August 1984 and the now for places to eat and stop he describes the characters he met back in 1984.Read more ›
Jan072024
Boating on the Middle Level in May 1984 Part 1 with John Revell
Discover John Revell’s adventure narrowboating the Middle Level waterways back in 1984. This is Part 1 of 3. John purchased his first boat at the Shropshire Union navigated the River Nene including meeting lock keepers, eating at some of the best waterside pubs and decribes the things that did not go according to plan. John met Charlie Fox and moved his boat to Foxes Marina. Read more ›
Jun242023
The Best Moorings for Your First Night on a Narrowboat
How do you decide where to stop? How long will it take to get there? And where is the nearest pub or shop to the mooring? Read more ›
Mar252020
Update on navigation licencing for Middle Level Waters
Update on navigation licencing for Middle Level Waters Important Notice. The Navigation Advisory Committee have reviewed the position in relation to introduction of licences for Middle Level Waters which was due to take effect from 1st…Read more ›
Mar122020
Your Narrowboat Easter Holiday
Spring time is not just about warmer days, daffodils and Easter eggs. For narrowboaters it means the start of the boating season, and on the Fenland waterways it’s time to untie our ropes and get back out there cruising…Read more ›
May182019
Five Things You’ll Love About the Middle Levels
The Middle Level waterways are an unusual mixture of natural rivers and man-made canals in Cambridgeshire. When the Bedford Level area of the Fens was first drained in the 17th century, it created interconnected navigations that now link the River…Read more ›
Oct282016
The Middle Level Navigations – one boater’s view
Before reading this article further it is worth thinking back to 1984 when John Revell first visited the Middle Level Navigations. In those days entry by boat to the system was restricted to boats of 49 feet in length because of the…Read more ›
Jul082016
Fenland Boaters’ Top Tips for Your Narrowboat Summer Holiday
If you’re planning a narrowboat summer holiday on the East Anglian waterways it’s fun to do a bit of online research before you go. There are a few Facebook groups dedicated to our local waterways such as Friends of the…Read more ›
Sep202015
Mooring customer John Revell talks of the Old Bedford river.
Waterways campaigner and IWA Peterborough Branch member John Revell talks about his latest campaigning trip on the local navigations. Lois and Roy Parker in their cruiser and Alastair and Jonathan Chambers and myself in my Fox narrowboat attempted to enter…Read more ›
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